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Small Room Speakers

The wife and I recently downsized to a much smaller house. My former listening room was rather large and well suited by B&W 803 D's. The new room is much smaller so its probably time to consider some smaller speakers.
The components the new speakers would be paired with are a McIntosh C245 with a pair of McIntosh MC402's. My prime listening tastes are blues, both acoustic and electric.
I'm still prone to louder volumes (too many years of racing motorcycles and cars)and I tend like a crisp sound. I don't know if "studio monitors" is where I should be looking or not. I fully intend to audition any alternatives, but am not sure where to start looking.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Kneedrager (Threads | This Thread)

03-27-12

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03-28-12 Look at reference 3a de capos 92db, good at low and high vol ... Grinnell

03-28-12 Look into the proac line. great sound, great value. Buconero117

03-28-12 Fairly broad question with no budget, but you may look at te ... Sebrof

03-28-12 The 803's should sound fine in a smaller area....wait until ... Jaybo

03-28-12 Agree the speakers you have should be no problem in a smalle ... Elizabeth

03-28-12 Smaller space == less distortion at same spl, so it's a win ... Bob_reynolds

03-28-12 I like my small speakers: usher 718's Tbromgard

03-28-12: Xenaudio
I think Jaybo is right. You like what you have. Why not just try it first given it is not that big of a floorstander anyway. Also, B&W is not an overly bass heavy speaker. It may make better sense to get rid of one of the 402's; unless you need it to heat your house.
Xenaudio (Answers | This Thread)

03-28-12 If i ever have to downsize to a smaller room, two speakers t ... Mofimadness

03-28-12 "time to consider some smaller speakers." not nec ... Onemug

03-29-12 This is definitely the time to buy new speakers....are you k ... Sounds_real_audio